Oh Jeez… I grew to detest New Labour over their thirteen years in power to the point where I currently will not consider voting for them again.
Neither Ed Balls nor the Millibands have bothered to acknowledge the reasons why the voting public turned on them, instead they’re merely offering meek soundbites about “immigration” or “ID Cards” which have little substance but drop hints to the middle classes about Daily Mail politics.
Yes, ID Cards were a policy I disagreed with strongly, however I also had issue with transportation, war in Iraq, pensions policy, the 10% tax rate, the sidestepped promise of an EU referendum, the disasterous love affair with the media and banking magnates and the worrying obsession with continuing Thatcherism.
I know I’m going to provoke a backlash from the Labourites on here, but frankly thirteen years of New Labour did more to destroy my faith in politicians than the Major Sleaze years ever did. The Labour party must be made to pay dearly for their fast and loose attitude to public opinion before I’d ever give one of their candidates the time of day.